syniēmi · understand

What it means

syniēmi (συνίημι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “understand”.

Grasp.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To grasp what something means.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• understand ×19
• understood ×5
• understands ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×9
• Mark×5
• Luke×4
• Acts×4
• Romans×2
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Ephesians×1

• Matthew 13:13

  This is why I speak to them in parables: because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

• Matthew 13:14

  And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘You will indeed hear and never understand, and you will indeed see and never perceive.

• Matthew 13:15

  For the heart of this people has grown dull, and with their ears they have heard with difficulty, and they have closed their eyes, so that they do not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I will heal them.’

• Matthew 13:19

  When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart; this is the one sown along the path.

• Matthew 13:23

  And the one sown on the good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.”

• Matthew 13:51

  “Have you understood all these things?” They say to him, “Yes.”

• Matthew 15:10

  And summoning the crowd, he said to them, “Listen and understand:

• Matthew 16:12

  Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

• Matthew 17:13

  Then the disciples understood that he had spoken to them about John the Immerser.

• Mark 4:12

  so that ‘seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they turn and it be forgiven them.’”

• Mark 6:52

  for they had not understood about the loaves, but their heart was hardened.

• Mark 7:14

  And summoning the crowd again, he was saying to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand.

• Mark 8:17

  And knowing this, he says to them, “Why are you discussing that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Do you have your heart hardened?

• Mark 8:21

  And he was saying to them, “Do you not yet understand?”

• Luke 2:50

  But they did not understand the word that he spoke to them.

• Luke 8:10

  And he said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

• Luke 18:34

  And they understood none of these things, and this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know what was being said.

• Luke 24:45

  Then he opened their mind to understand the Scriptures.

• Acts 7:25

  And he supposed his brothers would understand that God was giving them salvation by his hand, but they did not understand.

• Acts 28:26

  saying, ‘Go to this people and say, “You will indeed hear and never understand, and you will indeed see and never perceive.

• Acts 28:27

  For the heart of this people has grown dull, and with their ears they have heard with difficulty, and they have closed their eyes, so that they do not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I will heal them.”’

• Romans 3:11

  there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.

• Romans 15:21

  but, as it is written: Those to whom it was not announced about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.

• 2 Corinthians 10:12

  For we do not dare to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves; but they, measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves with themselves, do not understand.

• Ephesians 5:17

  For this reason do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

And 1 more times.